| Title |
Director/Year |
Theme |
Rating |
| A |
| The Acid House |
Paul McGuigan
1998 |
Irvine Welsh Anthology/Bizarre Transformations |
 ½ |
| The Addams Family |
Barry Sonnenfeld
1991 |
Kinky Perverse Family |
½ |
| Addams Family Reunion |
Dave Payne
1998 |
Kinky Perverse Family |
|
| Addams Family Values |
Barry Sonnenfeld
1993 |
Kinky Perverse Family |
½ |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Terry Gilliam
1989 |
World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures |
|
| Adventures of Captain Marvel |
John English, William Witney
1941 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Serial |
|
| The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland |
Gary Halvorson
1999 |
Children’s Film/Small Furry Creature’s Adventures |
|
| The Adventures of a Gnome Gnamed Gnorm (Stan Winston, 1992). Refer to Upworld. |
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad |
James Algar, Clyde Geronimi & Jack Kinney
1949 |
Disney Animation Anthology |
|
| The Adventures of Pinocchio |
Steve Barron
1996 |
Living Puppet Boy |
½ |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle |
Des McAnuff
2000 |
Cartoon Characters Enter the Real World |
|
| The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D |
Robert Rodriguez
2005 |
Gonzo Children’s Planetary Adventure |
|
| After Alice |
Paul Marcus
1999 |
Clairvoyant/Serial Killer Thriller |
|
| After Life |
Hirokazu Kore-eda
1998 |
The Afterlife |
|
| L’Age d’Or |
Luis Buñuel
1930 |
Surrealism |
|
| Aladdin |
Ron Clements, John Musker
1992 |
Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure |
|
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves |
Tad Stones
1996 |
Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure |
½ |
| Alakazam the Great |
Osamu Tezuka, Taiji Yabushita
1961 |
Mischievous Monkey’s Adventures/Animation |
|
| Alice |
Jan Svankmajer
1988 |
Surreal Alice in Wonderland Adaptation |
|
| Alice |
Woody Allen
1990 |
Modernized Alice in Wonderland |
|
| Alice in Wonderland |
Norman McLeod
1933 |
Alice in Wonderland Adaptation |
|
| Alice in Wonderland |
Various
1951 |
Disney Animation/Alice in Wonderland Adaptation |
|
| Alice Through the Looking Glass |
Andrea Presciani, Richard Slapczynski
1987 |
Animation/Alice in Wonderland Film |
|
| Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
William Sterling
1972 |
Alice in Wonderland Adaptation |
½ |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven |
Don Bluth
1989 |
Animation/Dog Conman in the Afterlife |
½ |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 |
Paul Sabella
1996 |
Animation/Dogs from the Afterlife |
|
| The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in “For Love or Mummy” |
John Cherry, Larry Harmon
1999 |
Two Idiots vs a Mummy |
 |
| All Of Me |
Carl Reiner
1984 |
Bodyswap Comedy |
|
| All That Jazz |
Bob Fosse
1979 |
Dance Choreographer’s Self-Analysis/Angel of Death |
|
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold |
Gary Nelson
1986 |
Lost City Adventure |
½ |
| Allegro Non Troppo |
Bruno Bozzetto
1978 |
Fantasia Spoof/Animation |
|
| Almost an Angel |
John Cornell
1990 |
Man Believes He is an Angel Comedy |
|
| Alvin and the Chipmunks |
Tim Hill
2007 |
Singing Chipmunks |
|
| Always |
Steven Spielberg
1989 |
Man Becomes a Guardian Angel |
|
| The Amazing Mr Blunden |
Lionel Jeffries
1972 |
Children’s Ghost Story/Time Travel |
|
| American Shaolin (Lau Chung Wei, 1994). Refer to Treasure Hunt. |
| An American Tail |
Don Bluth
1986 |
Animation/Immigrant Talking Mice |
½ |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West |
Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
1991 |
Animation/Talking Mice Adventures |
|
| Anastasia |
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
1997 |
Animation/Russian Royals |
½ |
| And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird |
Tony Cookson
1991 |
Children’s Father Reincarnates in a Robot Body |
|
| The Angel Levine |
Jan Kadar
1970 |
Dubious Angel |
|
| Angel on My Shoulder |
Archie Mayo
1946 |
Man Returns From Hell to Do the Devil’s Mischief |
|
| Angels in America |
Mike Nichols
2003 |
Surreal AIDS Drama/Angelic Visitations |
|
| Angels in the Outfield |
Clarence Brown
1951 |
Angels Aid Baseball Team |
½ |
| Angels in the Outfield |
William Dear
1994 |
Angels Aid Baseball Team |
½ |
| Animal Farm |
Joy Batchelor, John Halas
1954 |
Animation/Talking Animal Social Satire |
|
| Animalympics |
Steven Lisberger
1979 |
Animation/Talking Animal Olympics |
|
| The Ant Bully |
John A. Davis
2006 |
Animation/Boy Reduced to Ant Size |
½
|
| Antz |
Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
1998 |
Animation/Talking Insects |
|
| Apocalypto |
Mel Gibson
2006 |
Mayan Culture Adventure |
|
| Apparition (Nick Willing, 1997). Refer to Photographing Fairies. |
| Aquamarine |
Elizabeth Allen
2006 |
Mermaid Teen Romantic Comedy |
½ |
| Arabian Adventure |
Kevin Connor
1979 |
Arabian Nights Adventure |
|
| Arabian Knight (Richard Williams, 1994). Refer to The Thief and the Cobbler. |
| Arabian Nights |
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1974 |
Tales of Arabian Nights |
|
| Arabian Nights |
Steve Barron
2000 |
Tales of Arabian Nights |
|
| The Aristo Cats |
Wolfgang Reitherman
1970 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals |
½ |
| Arthur and the Invisibles |
Luc Besson
2006 |
Miniature Magical World |
|
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks |
Bud Yorkin
1988 |
Alcoholic Millionaire Comedy/Ghost Butler |
|
| Asterix in Britain |
Pino van Lamsweerde
1985 |
Animation/Comic-Book Character |
½ |
| Asterix vs Caesar |
Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi
1985 |
Animation/Comic-Book Character |
|
| Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner |
Zacharias Kunuk
2001 |
Inuit Legend and Culture |
|
| L’Atlantide |
Bob Swaim
1993 |
Lost City |
|
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
2001 |
Disney Animation/The Quest for Atlantis |
|
| B |
| Babe |
Chris Noonan
1995 |
Talking Animals |
|
| Babe: Pig in the City |
George Miller
1998 |
Talking Animals |
|
| Babel |
Gerard Pullicino
1999 |
Children’s Film/Millennial Apocalypse |
|
| Babes in Toyland |
Jack Donohue
1961 |
Fairytale Adventures |
|
| The Baby of Macon |
Peter Greenaway
1993
| Miraculous Child/Meta-Fiction |
|
| Bambi |
David C. Hand
1942 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals |
|
| Bambi II |
Brian Pimental
2006 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals |
½ |
| Barbie as The Island Princess |
Greg Richardson
2007 |
Animation/Barbie Fairytale |
|
| Barbie Fairytopia |
Walter P. Martishius
2004 |
Animation/Land of Fairies |
½ |
| Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow |
William Lau
2007 |
Animation/Land of Fairies |
|
| Barbie of Swan Lake |
Owen Hurley
2003 |
Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale |
½ |
| The Barefoot Executive |
Robert Butler
1971 |
Precognitive Chimpanzee/Disney Comedy |
|
| Barnyard |
Steve Oedekerk
2006 |
Animation/Talking Animals |
|
| Bartok the Magnificent |
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
1999 |
Talking Bat’s Adventures/Animation |
|
| Batman |
Lambert Hillyer
1943 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Serial |
|
| Batman |
Leslie H. Martinson
1966 |
Campy Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| Batman |
Tim Burton
1989 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| Batman and Mr Freeze: SubZero |
Boyd Kirkland
1997 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation |
|
| Batman & Robin |
Joel Schumacher
1997 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| Batman Begins |
Christopher Nolan
2005 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| Batman Forever |
Joel Schumacher
1995 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| Batman: Gotham Knight |
Various
2008 |
Compilation of Batman Anime Shorts |
|
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm |
Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm
1993 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation |
|
| Batman Returns |
Tim Burton
1992 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest |
Toshihiko Masuda
1998 |
Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation |
|
| Beanstalk |
Michael Paul Davis
1994 |
Modernized Fairy-Tale |
|
| The Beast |
Walerian Borowczyk
1975 |
Erotic Fairy-Tale |
|
| The Beastmaster |
Don Coscarelli
1982 |
Sword and Sorcery |
|
| Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time |
Sylvio Tabet
1991 |
The Beastmaster Comes to L.A. |
|
| Beauties of the Night |
Rene Clair
1952 |
Daydreamer’s Fantasies |
|
| Beauty |
Ben Bolt
2004 |
Modernized Beauty and the Beast |
|
| Beauty and the Beast |
Jean Cocteau
1946 |
Fairy-Tale |
|
| Beauty and the Beast |
Edward L. Cahn
1961 |
Fairy-Tale |
|
| Beauty and the Beast |
Eugene Marner
1986 |
Fairy-Tale |
|
| Beauty and the Beast |
Kirk Trousdale, Gary Wise
1991 |
Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale |
|
| Bedazzled |
Stanley Donen
1967 |
Pact with the Devil/Black Comedy |
|
| Bedazzled |
Harold Ramis
2000 |
Pact with the Devil Comedy |
|
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
Robert Stevenson
1971 |
Adventures with Good Witch/Disney Film |
|
| Bee Movie |
Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
2007 |
Animation/Talking Bees |
½ |
| Beetlejuice |
Tim Burton
1988 |
Gonzo Afterlife Comedy |
½ |
| Being John Malkovich |
Spike Jonze
1999 |
Portal Into Actor’s Head/Absurdism |
|
| Being There |
Hal Ashby
1979 |
Complete Innocent/Satiric Fable |
|
| Believe |
Robert Tinnell
2000 |
Children’s Ghost Story |
|
| Bell Book and Candle |
Richard Quine
1958 |
Witch in Love |
|
| Beloved |
Jonathan Demme
1998 |
African-American Ghost Story |
|
| Beowulf |
Graham Baker
1999 |
Epic Legend |
|
| Beowulf |
Robert Zemeckis
2007 |
Epic Legend/Animation |
½ |
|
Beowulf & Grendel |
Sturla Gunnarsson
2005 |
Epic Legend |
|
| Between Worlds (Fritz Lang, 1921). Refer to Destiny. |
| Bewitched |
Nora Ephron
2005 |
Witch in Love/TV Series Remake |
|
| Beyond the Wall (Fritz Lang, 1921). Refer to Destiny. |
| Big |
Penny Marshall
1988 |
Boy Wakes Up in a Man’s Body |
|
| Big and Hairy |
Philip Spink
1998 |
Bigfoot Joins the School Basketball Team |
|
| Big Fish |
Tim Burton
2003 |
Tall Tales |
|
| Big Man on Campus |
Jeremy Kagan
1986 |
Modernized Hunchback of Notre Dame Comedy |
|
| Big Top Pee-Wee |
Randal Kleiser
1988 |
Overgrown Adolescent’s Absurdist Adventures |
|
| Big Trouble in Little China |
John Carpenter
1986 |
Martial Arts Fantasy Adventure |
|
| Bigfoot and the Hendersons (William Dear, 1987). Refer to Harry and the Hendersons. |
| Biggles |
John Hough
1986 |
Time Travelling WWI Flying Ace |
|
| Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey |
Peter Hewitt
1991 |
Slackers in the Afterlife |
|
| Billy’s Holiday |
Richard Wherrett
1995 |
Man Possessed by Billie Holliday’s Spirit |
|
| The Bird People in China |
Takashi Miike
1998 |
Lost Culture |
|
| Birth |
Jonathan Glazer
2004 |
Boy Claims to be Reincarnated Husband |
½ |
| The Bishop’s Wife |
Henry Koster
1947 |
Angelic Intervention |
|
| The Black Cauldron |
Ted Berman, Richard Rich
1985 |
Disney Animation/Sword and Sorcery |
|
| Black Knight |
Gil Junger
2001 |
Modern Man in Mediaeval Times Comedy |
|
| Black Orpheus |
Marcel Camus
1959 |
Modernized Greek Myth |
|
| Blackbeard’s Ghost |
Robert Stevenson
1968 |
Pirate’s Ghost/Disney Comedy |
|
| Blackeyes |
Dennis Potter
1989 |
Character in a Book Comes to Life |
|
| Blithe Spirit |
David Lean
1945 |
Ghost Comedy |
|
| The Blood of a Poet |
Jean Cocteau
1930 |
Surrealism |
½ |
| The Blue Bird |
Walter Lang
1940 |
Fairy-Tale |
|
| Blues Brothers 2000 |
John Landis
1998 |
Surreal Road Movie |
|
| The Body |
Jonas McCord
2001 |
Archaeological Discovery of Christ’s Body |
½ |
| Bogus |
Norman Jewison
1996 |
Child’s Invisible Companion |
|
| The Book of Life |
Hal Hartley
1998 |
Second Coming Black Comedy |
½ |
| Born of Fire |
Jamil Dehlavi
1986 |
Islamic Mystical Apocalypse |
|
| The Borrowers |
Peter Hewitt
1997 |
Miniature People Adventures |
|
| The Bothersome Man |
Jens Lien
2006 |
Afterlife Black Comedy |
|
| The Boy Who Could Fly |
Nick Castle
1986 |
Autistic Boy’s Fantasies of Flying |
½ |
| The Boy with Green Hair |
Joseph Losey
1948 |
Green-Haired Boy/Anti-War Parable |
|
| Brand Upon the Brain! |
Guy Maddin
2006 |
Surreal Silent Movie Melodrama |
½ |
| The Brave Little Toaster |
Jerry Rees
1987 |
Animation/Talking Appliances |
|
| The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars |
Robert C. Ramirez
1997 |
Animation/Talking Appliances |
|
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue |
Robert C. Ramirez
1997 |
Animation/Talking Appliances |
½ |
| Breaking the Waves |
Lars von Trier
1996 |
Religion and Miracles |
|
| The Breakthrough |
Piers Haggard
1993 |
Exploring the Afterlife |
|
| Brenda Starr |
Robert Ellis Miller
1991 |
Girl Reporter Comic-Strip Adaptation |
|
| Brewster McCloud |
Robert Altman
1971 |
Gonzo Comedy/Man Builds Wings/Angelic Intervention |
|
| The Bride with White Hair 2 |
David Wu
1993 |
Hong Kong Swordsmen Fantasy |
|
| Bridge of Dragons |
Isaac Florentine
1999 |
Action Film/Atemporal Kingdom Setting |
|
| Bridge to Terabithia |
Gabor Csupo
2007 |
Magic World of Childhood Imagination |
|
| Brigadoon |
Vincent Minelli
1954 |
Musical/Timeslipped Village |
½ |
| Bringing Out the Dead |
Martin Scorsese
1999 |
Urban Hell/Haunted Ambulance Driver |
|
| Brother Bear |
Aaron Blaise, Rob Walker
2003 |
Disney Animation/Man Transformed into a Bear |
|
| The Brothers Grimm |
Terry Gilliam
2005 |
Fairy-Tale Authors’ Adventures |
|
| The Brown Bunny |
Vincent Gallo
2003 |
Mumblecore Deathdream |
|
| Bruce Almighty |
Tom Shadyac
2003 |
Man Gains Godlike Powers Comedy |
|
| A Bug’s Life |
John Lasseter
1998 |
Pixar Animation/Talking Insects |
|
| Bulletproof Monk |
Paul Hunter
2003 |
Martial Arts Fantasy |
|
| The Butcher Boy |
Neil Jordan
1997 |
Disturbed Irish Childhood |
½ |
| The Butcher’s Wife |
Terry Hughes
1991 |
Magical Realist Romance |
½ |
| Butterfly & Sword |
Chu Yin Ping
1993 |
Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy |
|
| The Butterfly Effect |
Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
2004 |
Alternate Timelines |
½ |
| The Butterfly Effect 2 |
John R. Leonetti
2006 |
Alternate Timelines |
|
| C |
| Cabin Boy |
Adam Resnick
1994 |
Idiot’s Absurdist Adventures |
½ |
| Cabin in the Sky |
Vincent Minelli
1942 |
Afterlife Comedy/All Black Musical |
|
| Camelot |
Joshua Logan
1967 |
Arthurian Legends Musical |
|
| Can’t Be Heaven |
Richard Friedman
1998 |
Italian-American Childhood/Ghostly Saxophonist |
|
| The Canterville Ghost |
Jules Dassin
1944 |
Ghost Comedy |
½ |
| Captain Sindbad |
Byron Haskin
1963 |
Arabian Nights Adventures |
|
| The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland |
Raymond Jafelice
1987 |
Animation/Cute Talking Bears |
|
| Care Bears Movie 2: A New Generation |
Dale Schott
1986 |
Animation/Cute Talking Bears |
|
| Careful |
Guy Maddin
1993 |
Kitsch Surrealism |
|
| Carousel |
Henry King
1956 |
Musical/Man’s Redemption in the Afterlife |
|
| Cars |
John Lasseter
2006 |
Pixar Animation/Talking Vehicles |
|
| Casper |
Brad Silberling
1995 |
Friendly Ghost |
|
| Casper: A Spirited Beginning |
Sean McNamara
1997 |
Friendly Ghost |
½ |
| Casper Meets Wendy |
Sean McNamara
1998 |
Comic-Book Characters Meet |
|
| The Cat in the Hat |
Bo Welch
2003 |
Dr Seuss Adaptation/Gonzo Adventures with a Talking Cat |
|
| The Cat Returns |
Hiroyuki Morita
2002 |
Anime/Girl’s Adventure in the World of Cats |
|
| Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks |
Ileana Pietrobruno
1996 |
Arty Surrealism |
|
| Cats & Dogs |
Lawrence Guterman
2001 |
Secret War Between Talking Animals |
|
| Catwoman |
Pitof
2004 |
Comic-Book Superheroine |
|
| Celestial Clockwork |
Fina Torres
1995 |
Magical Realism |
|
| Chances Are |
Emile Ardolino
1989 |
Reincarnation Romantic Comedy |
|
| Chandu the Magician |
William C. Menzies, Marcel Varnel
1932 |
Mystical Superhero |
½ |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Tim Burton
2005 |
Gonzo Children’s Film/Fantastical Candy Factory |
|
| Charlotte’s Web |
Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
1973 |
Animation/Talking Barnyard Animals |
|
| Charlotte’s Web |
Gary Winick
2006 |
Talking Barnyard Animals |
|
| Chicken Little |
Mark Dindal
2005 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals/Alien Invasion |
½ |
| Chicken Run |
Peter Lord, Nick Parks
2000 |
Talking Chicken Escape Movie |
½ |
| Un Chien Andalou |
Luis Buñuel
1928 |
Surrealism |
|
| A Chinese Ghost Story |
Ching Siu-Tung
1987 |
Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy/Ghost Romance |
|
| A Chinese Ghost Story II |
Ching Siu-Tung
1990 |
Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy |
|
| A Chinese Ghost Story III |
Ching Siu-Tung
1991 |
Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy/Ghost Romance |
½ |
| Chinese Torture Chamber Story |
Bosco Lam
1994 |
Hong Kong Erotic Comedy |
|
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Ken Hughes
1968 |
Fantastical Flying Car/Musical |
|
| Chocolat |
Lasse Hallstrom
2000 |
Magical Realism |
|
| The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven |
Lawrence Lanoff
1998 |
Superheroine/White Trash Melodrama |
|
| A Christmas Carol |
Edward L. Marin
1938 |
Miser’s Redemption |
½ |
| A Christmas Carol |
Arthur Allan Seidelman
2004 |
Miser’s Redemption Musical |
|
| The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t |
Rosanno Brazzi
1966 |
Santa Gets Evicted from the North Pole |
|
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
Alex Kirby
1989 |
Magical Otherworld |
½ |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian |
Andrew Adamson
2008 |
Magical Otherworld |
|
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe |
Marilyn Fox
1988 |
Magical Otherworld |
½ |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Andrew Adamson
2005 |
Magical Otherworld |
|
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair |
Alex Kirby
1990 |
Magical Otherworld |
½ |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
Alex Kirby
1989 |
Magical Otherworld |
½ |
| Cinderella |
Various
1950 |
Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale |
|
| Cinderella – Italian Style (Francesco Rosi, 1967). Refer to More Than a Miracle. |
| A Cinderella Story |
Mark Rosman
2004 |
Modernized Cinderella |
½ |
| Cinderfella |
Frank Tashlin
1960 |
Sex-Reversed Cinderella |
|
| Circle of Iron (Richard Moore, 1979). Refer to The Silent Flute. |
| City of Angels |
Brad Silberling
1998 |
Angel Romance |
|
| City of Pirates |
Raul Ruiz
1983 |
Surrealism |
½ |
| Clash of the Titans |
Desmond Davis
1981 |
Greek Mythology Adventure |
|
|
Click |
Frank Coraci
2006 |
Remote Control to Life Comedy |
|
| Cloak and Dagger |
Richard Franklin
1984 |
Children’s Spy Caper/Invisible Companion |
|
| Cold Fever |
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
1994 |
Icelandic Quest/Magical Realism |
|
| Come Drink With Me |
King Hu
1966 |
Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy |
½ |
| The Company of Wolves |
Neil Jordan
1984 |
Little Red Riding Hood with Werewolves |
|
| Conan the Barbarian |
John Milius
1982 |
Sword and Sorcery |
½ |
| Conan the Destroyer |
Richard Fleischer
1984 |
Sword and Sorcery |
|
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court |
Tay Garnett
1949 |
Modern Man Time Travels Back to Camelot |
|
| Conspirators of Pleasure |
Jan Svankmajer
1996 |
Surreal Kinkiness |
|
| The Convent |
Manoel de Oliveira
1995 |
Pacts with an Ambiguous Devil |
|
| The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover |
Peter Greenaway
1989 |
Fine Dining and Brutality/Surrealism |
|
| Cool World |
Ralph Bakshi
1992 |
Alternate Tooniverse |
½ |
| The Cooler |
Wayne Kramer
2003 |
Man with Very Bad Luck |
|
| Corpse Bride |
Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
2005 |
Stop-Motion Animated Gothic |
|
| The Country Bears |
Peter Hastings
2002 |
Talking Bear Country-and-Western Band |
|
| Cowards Bend the Knee, or The Blue Hands |
Guy Maddin
2003 |
Surreal Silent Movie Melodrama |
½ |
| The Craft |
Andrew Fleming
1996 |
Teen Witches |
|
| Criminal Lovers |
Francois Ozon
1999 |
Modernized Hansel and Gretel |
½ |
| The Crimson Pirate |
Robert Siodmak
1952 |
Pirate Swashbuckler with Anachronistic Inventions |
|
| Crossroads |
Walter Hill
1986 |
Blues Music Quest/Pact With The Devil |
|
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Ang Lee
2000 |
Flying Swordsmen Fantasy |
|
| The Crow |
Alex Proyas
1994 |
Resurrected Avenger/Graphic Novel Adaptation |
|
| The Crow: City of Angels |
Tim Pope
1996 |
Resurrected Avenger |
|
| The Crow: Salvation |
Bharat Nalluri
2000 |
Resurrected Avenger |
|
| The Crow: Wicked Prayer |
Lance Mungia
2005 |
Resurrected Avenger |
|
| The Curious Adventure of Mr Wonderbird (Paul Grimault, 1980). Refer to The King and the Mockingbird. |
|
Curious George |
Matthew O’Callaghan
2006 |
Animation/Mischievous Monkey |
|
| The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb |
Russell Mulcahy
2006 |
Egyptian Archaeology Adventure |
|
| D |
| Da |
Matt Clark
1988 |
Autobiography of an Irish Childhood/Cranky Father’s Ghost |
|
|
The Da Vinci Code |
Ron Howard
2006 |
Secret History of Christianity/Historical Conspiracy |
|
| Dance with the Devil (Alex de la Iglesia, 1997). Refer to Perdita Durango. |
| Danger: Diabolik |
Mario Bava
1967 |
Masked Super-Thief |
|
| Dante’s Inferno |
Harry Lachman
1935 |
Vision of Hell |
|
| Darby O’Gill and the Little People |
Robert Stevenson
1959 |
Leprechauns |
|
| Daredevil |
Mark Steven Johnson
2003 |
Blind Comic-Book Superhero |
|
| Dark at Noon |
Raul Ruiz
1992 |
Village of Miracles/Surrealism |
|
| The Dark Crystal |
Jim Henson, Frank Oz
1982 |
Fantastical Other World |
|
| Dark Forces (Simon Wincer, 1980). Refer to Harlequin. |
| The Dark Knight |
Christopher Nolan
2008 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
½ |
| Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (Pitof, 2001). Refer to Vidocq. |
| Darkside Blues |
Nobuyasa Furukawa
1994 |
Anime/Dark Future/Mysterious Stranger |
|
| Date Movie |
Aaron Seltzer
2006 |
Romance Movie Parody |
|
| Date with an Angel |
Tom McLoughlin
1987 |
Angel Romantic Comedy |
½ |
| Dating the Enemy |
Megan Simpson Huberman
1996 |
Gender Exchange Comedy |
½ |
| Day of Wrath |
Carl Dreyer
1943 |
Witchcraft/Psychological Ambiguity |
|
| Dead Again |
Kenneth Branagh
1991 |
Reincarnation Thriller |
½ |
| Dead or Alive 2 – Birds |
Takashi Miike
2000 |
Gonzo Yakuza Film |
|
| Deadly Advice |
Mandie Fletcher
1994 |
Advice from Ghosts of Famous Murderers/Black Comedy |
|
| Deal of a Lifetime |
Paul Levine
1999 |
Pact with the Devil Comedy |
|
| Death Becomes Her |
Robert Zemeckis
1992 |
Youth Serum Black Comedy |
|
| Deathtrap |
Sidney Lumet
1982 |
Whodunnit Parody |
|
| The Decay of Fiction |
Pat O’Neill
2002 |
Hotel of Ghosts |
|
| Deconstructing Harry |
Woody Allen
1997 |
Writer’s Self-Analysis Comedy |
½ |
| Defending Your Life |
Albert Brooks
1991 |
Afterlife Comedy |
½ |
| Delirious |
Tom Mankiewicz
1991 |
Writer Trapped Inside a TV Soap Opera |
|
| Demon Pond |
Masahiro Shinoda
1979 |
Haunted Pond/Japanese Legend |
|
| Destiny |
Fritz Lang
1921 |
Death Incarnates Lovers Throughout History |
|
| Destiny Turns on the Radio |
Jack Baran
1995 |
Luck Incarnate/Lovers on the Run in Vegas |
|
| The Devil and Max Devlin |
Steven Hilliard Stern
1981 |
Pacts with the Devil Comedy |
|
| The Devil’s Castle (Georges Melies, 1895). Refer to The Devil’s Manor. |
| The Devil’s Envoys |
Marcel Carne
1942 |
The Devil Tempts Innocent Lovers |
|
| The Devil’s Eye |
Ingmar Bergman
1960 |
The Devil Tempts Innocents Comedy |
|
| The Devil’s Manor |
Georges Melies
1895 |
The Devil Causes Mischief |
½ |
| Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1967). Refer to Danger: Diabolik. |
| Dick Tracy |
William Berke
1945 |
Comic-Book Detective |
|
| Dick Tracy |
Warren Beatty
1990 |
Comic-Book Detective |
|
| Dick Tracy, Detective (William Berke, 1945). Refer to Dick Tracy. |
| Dick Tracy’s Dilemma |
John Rawlins
1947 |
Comic-Book Detective |
|
| Digimon: The Movie |
Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
2000 |
Animation/Cute Cyber-Creatures |
½ |
| Digital Monsters – Digimon: The Movie (Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi, 2000). Refer to Digimon: The Movie. |
| Dinosaur |
Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
2000 |
Disney Animation/Talking Dinosaurs |
|
| The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie |
Luis Buñuel
1972 |
Surrealism |
|
| The Divine Ryans |
Stephen Reynolds
1999 |
Family Saga/Father’s Ghost/Surreal Dreams |
|
| DOA: Dead or Alive |
Corey Yuen
2006 |
Videogame Adaptation/Combat Tournament |
|
| Doc Savage – The Man of Bronze |
Michael Anderson
1975 |
Pulp Superhero |
|
| Doctor Dolittle |
Richard Fleischer
1967 |
Doctor That Can Speak to Animals |
|
| Dr Dolittle |
Betty Thomas
1998 |
Doctor That Can Speak to Animals |
|
| Dr. Dolittle 2 |
Steve Carr
2001 |
Doctor That Can Speak to Animals |
½ |
| Dr. Dolittle 3 |
Rich Thorne
2006 |
Teenager That Can Speak to Animals |
|
| Doctor K |
Kwak Kyung-Taek
1999 |
Faith Healer Surgeon |
|
| Dr Mabuse, The Gambler |
Fritz Lang
1922 |
Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind |
|
| Dogma |
Kevin Smith
1999 |
Angel War/Catholic Irreverence |
½ |
| Domino |
Tony Scott
2005 |
True Life Bounty Hunter/Gonzo Biopic |
|
| Donnie Darko |
Richard Kelly
2001 |
Troubled Teen’s Precognitive Visions |
|
| Dorian Grey as Reflected in the Popular Press |
Ulrike Ottinger
1984 |
Surrealism |
|
| Double Dragon |
James Yukich
1994 |
Videogame Adaptation/Future Martial Arts |
|
| Doug’s 1st Movie |
Maurice Joyce
1999 |
Animated TV Series Film Spinoff |
|
| Down to Earth |
Alexander Hall
1947 |
Greek Muse Comes Down to Earth |
|
| Down to Earth |
Chris & Paul Weitz
2001 |
Afterlife Mixup/Race Reversal Comedy |
|
|
Dragon Tiger Gate |
Wilson Yip
2006 |
Hong Kong Martial Arts |
|
| Dragonfly |
Tom Shadyac
2002 |
Haunting |
|
| DragonHeart |
Rob Cohen
1996 |
Rogue and Dragon |
|
| DragonHeart: A New Beginning |
Doug Lefler
2000 |
Dragon |
|
| Dragonslayer |
Matthew Robbins
1981 |
Sorcerer’s Apprentice vs Dragon |
|
| Dragonworld |
Ted Nicolaou
1994 |
Children’s Dragon Film |
|
| Dream One |
Arnaud Selignac
1984 |
Adventures in Dreamland/Characters from Fiction |
|
| Dreamchild |
Gavin Millar
1985 |
Real-Life Alice in Wonderland Reminisces |
|
| Dreamkeeper |
Steve Barron
2003 |
American Indian Myths and Legends |
½ |
| Dreams |
Akira Kurosawa
1990 |
Japanese Fantasy Anthology |
|
| Drop Dead Fred |
Ate de Jong
1991 |
Anarchic Invisible Playmate |
|
| Dudes |
Penelope Spheeris
1987 |
Punk Road Movie/Modern Western/Ghost Cowboy |
½ |
| Dudley Do-Right |
Hugh Wilson
1999 |
Cartoon in Live-Action |
|
| Duel to the Death |
Chin Siu-Tung
1982 |
Hong Kong Martial Arts Fantasy |
½ |
| Dumbo |
Ben Sharpsteen
1941 |
Disney Animation/Flying Elephant |
|
| The Dungeonmaster |
Various
1984 |
Warrior’s Virtual Quest/Anthology |
|
| Dungeons & Dragons |
Courtney Solomon
2000 |
Sword and Sorcery |
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